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Offline Joe

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Pronunciation?
« on: November 16, 2005, 08:01:54 am »
Do you pronounce Linux with a long or short I sound? I know the name Linus usually has a long I, but I read somewhere that where Linus Torvalds lives it had a short I, so I pronounce it likewise.

How about you guys?
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I'd personally do as Joe suggests

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You might be right about that, Joe.

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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2005, 08:26:40 am »
It can be done either way.  Linus himself explains it in Revolution OS.
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2005, 08:55:18 am »
Short I. Unix has a short I, so does Linux. :)
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2005, 10:11:00 pm »
Go me! The MS Tech guy pronounced it like that too. =)
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I'd personally do as Joe suggests

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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2005, 05:10:34 pm »
Quote from: Joe[e2] on November 16, 2005, 10:11:00 pm
Go me! The MS Tech guy pronounced it like that too. =)

I've never really met someone who pronounces it "Line - ux", I don't think.
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2005, 05:12:19 pm »
I haven't either, I always say it like...

lyn - icks
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2005, 05:13:22 pm »
Quote from: Furious on November 23, 2005, 05:12:19 pm
I haven't either, I always say it like...

lyn - icks

Me too. :)
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2005, 10:51:59 pm »
Quote from: Joe[e2] on November 16, 2005, 10:11:00 pm
Go me! The MS Tech guy pronounced it like that too. =)
Oh, smart trust the MicroSoft guy on linux things.

I have heard people say it as "Leeen-uks" But, normaly it's "linux" by me.
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2005, 10:57:37 pm »
I've never heard Leen - ucks.

I say lyn icks, or lyn ucks.
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2005, 11:10:01 pm »
lyn icks
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2005, 11:53:39 pm »
Quote from: iago on November 16, 2005, 08:26:40 am
It can be done either way. Linus himself explains it in Revolution OS.

Yum, Revolution OS.
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2005, 02:13:27 am »
lie-nux
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2005, 02:20:42 am »
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2005, 11:48:33 am »
The correct pronounciation, according to Linus, is Lin ux, the short i. 

He talked about how a lot of people pronounce it based on his name, linus -> lie nux, but he doesn't like that. 
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2005, 02:18:43 pm »
I always say it "lin" "ux", yago. I win! :)
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Re: Pronunciation?
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2005, 07:50:56 pm »
lyn-icks.

I said Line-ix, until I heard them pronounce it the other way on Tech TV a couple of years ago. :)
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